http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/183193-tonys-6lu8-push-pull-power-amp-build.html
all irons used in this amp was handbuilt by me...
all irons used in this amp was handbuilt by me...
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Hi
I have built this amp a few years ago and really enjoy the sound. Lately my 6LR8 (not 6LU8) socket seem to have gone bad with some contacts. Where could I buy good quality 9 pin socket ? I believe these needs to be Noval type, the one I used were Chinese from e-bay.
Thanks for the help,
Isophon
Welcome to AK! Perhaps you haven't noticed but Stephe just started a series on her YouTube channel building an amp using 6LU8s.Long dead time in this thread. I was going to build an ECL86 then decided that I didn't want t to spend that kind of money for a non-directed noob first build. I settled on S,unkeyworks (?) build of a 6MB8, as her example is very well documented. I then stumbled across projects using ECLL80 and ECLL800 tubes with ore power.
With the bit in my mouth I have ventured forward with the 6MB8 as far as purchasing tubes and the complete BOM.
Still looked for a follow on project and discovered compactron tubes!
Right now I am checking g out my transformers to see if they are sufficiently beefy enough to handle the6lu8s. If so, I will build out the 6bm8 as a prototype,and when satisfied,maybe moving on to this project. It will be I threshing if anyone is still following this thread.
Roger
There are lots if choises of cheap compactron tubes. I built one using 6LR8's for 5.5wpc. I built mine Ultra Linear. It could have been configured straight pentode or triode strapped using 5 different sweep tubes. If I hadnt splurged on the chassis, It would have come in just shy if $200 at the time. I'm building a passive preamp with a phono stage to match it at the moment.Long dead time in this thread. I was going to build an ECL86 then decided that I didn't want t to spend that kind of money for a non-directed noob first build. I settled on S,unkeyworks (?) build of a 6MB8, as her example is very well documented. I then stumbled across projects using ECLL80 and ECLL800 tubes with ore power.
With the bit in my mouth I have ventured forward with the 6MB8 as far as purchasing tubes and the complete BOM.
Still looked for a follow on project and discovered compactron tubes!
Right now I am checking g out my transformers to see if they are sufficiently beefy enough to handle the6lu8s. If so, I will build out the 6bm8 as a prototype,and when satisfied,maybe moving on to this project. It will be I threshing if anyone is still following this thread.
Roger